65 competitors boats and 130 big fish predator anglers return from the 2017 lough Ree pike international some happy some sad and some confused, a great event with 10,000 euro in prize money. The use of the measuring system was a success which was angler and also pike friendly so well done to the organizers for taking the time to perfect the rules to suit all types of angler and maintain a safe and fair competition.

myself and andrew in the Team Snapbaits boat took 5th prize 100 euro for big fish
and 7th place overall for 500 euro , we had a great time and love lough Ree the angling is superb.

we made a mistake with not putting the boat number card on one of the larger fish which was 79cm therefore did not count, reducing our ranking by 2 places so we live and learn.
all fish that Team snapbaits caught were lure caught - no deadbaits were used throughout the competition , so a lot of hard earned fish were taken by casting throughout the competition for 17hrs solid.
Our biggest fish was 89cm and it put up a decent scrap, and all fish returned unharmed , we lost a better fish maybe just touching the 100cm but thats just fishing , you win some and loose some. We also had some trailer issues and it was a long long 3hr trip home after getting the issue resolved. 

The event was a success with 65 boats , conditions on day one were perfect with fish easily caught , day 2 got harder as the hours ticked away with many anglers not taking a single fish and others getting only one or two in the 8hr competition time frame which turned out to be a super hard and long day 

Well done to lough Ree Angling hub , and the camlin district anglers , and well done to all who took part the determination was unreal.

see more on the event at loughree.ie 

www.snapbaits.co.uk Freshwater Predator Fishing